Category: Weather
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Climate perceptions focus on everyday impacts
A survey conducted with Brazilian internet users from ten capitals investigated how they perceive climate change. The most urgent impacts, such as excessive heat and air pollution, were the most cited by respondents. From the questionnaire, conducted by the Instituto Cidades Sustentáveis and answered by 3,500 people, it was observed that the main problems presented…
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After Floods, Serra Gaúcha May Take 40 Years to Recover Soil
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Due to the floods in April and May of last year, Serra Gaúcha lost more than 85% of the carbon stock in the soil of the region’s orchards. Replenishing this important nutrient may take between 14 to 40 years. The information comes from a study released by agronomy professor Gustavo Brunetto from the Federal University…
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Death Toll Exceeds 2,000 in Myanmar. Authorities Fear It Could Reach 10,000
Rescue teams are desperately searching for survivors in Myanmar after the largest earthquake in over a century devastated the region. More than 2,000 people have died, according to authorities, but the US Geological Survey estimates that the death toll could exceed 10,000. The efforts to rescue survivors have been hampered by a shortage of heavy…
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Death Toll Rises in Myanmar After Strong Earthquake
Myanmar’s military government made an extraordinary appeal for international assistance after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday (28), shaking a vast expanse of Southeast Asia and leaving destruction in its wake. The total extent of the death toll is difficult to assess in a country that has been largely isolated from the…
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This Week Marks the Beginning of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere
At the spring equinox, which marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere, the Earth’s axis tilts in such a way that day and night are nearly the same length. The equinox occurs twice a year – in March and September. Wherever you are on the planet, the equinox happens at the same moment.…
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A Total Lunar Eclipse Will Illuminate the Sky. How and When You Can See the Event
This Thursday (13), stargazers will have a celestial delight. A total lunar eclipse — also known as the “blood moon” — will be visible in the U.S. for the first time since 2022. What you need to know about the lunar eclipse and how to observe it.What happens during a total lunar eclipse?A total lunar…
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Daylight Saving Time Has Started. See How to Adjust
It’s not always easy to continue functioning normally in the first days after we adjust our clocks for daylight saving time in the United States. In fact, most researchers and sleep experts say that the time change is bad for our health. In the days following the time change, the country sees a higher incidence…
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For the Joy of Some and the Sadness of Others, Daylight Saving Time is Coming to the U.S.
Most people in the U.S. will soon face the first time change of the year, as daylight saving time goes into effect this weekend. Not everyone likes it, but the practice of setting clocks forward by one hour is an old one. It debuted in 1918, during World War I, but was repudiated in 1919…
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Belém Transforms to Host COP30
Brazil is already breathing the air of the 30th United Nations Conference on Climate Change, COP30, which will be held from November 10 to 21, 2025, in Belém, in the heart of the Amazon. With just a few months to go before the Climate Summit, the Brazilian Federal Government has intensified preparations to welcome over…
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Five Winter Storms May Bring More Snow Than the Last Two Winters Combined to Parts of the U.S.
The second of five storms hitting the eastern half of the United States with snow and ice over a two-week period is on its way — and this one has more snow than the first. The first storm unleashed severe weather, life-threatening flooding, and ice and snow as it swept across the Midwest and Northeast…